AVI1O – Grade 9 Visual Arts

Grade 9 Visual Arts (AVI1O) enables students to develop their skills in producing and presenting art by introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation. Students will apply the elements and principles of design when exploring the creative process. Students will use the critical analysis process to reflect on and interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.

The Grade 9 Visual Arts Program provides an excellent introduction for success in arts-related classes for grades 11 & 12. It introduces visual concepts by examining, interpreting, evaluating, and reflecting on various art works. Students of Visual Arts will develop and demonstrate and understanding of how art works reflect the society in which they were created, and how they can affect personal values. This course helps to refine students’ abilities to use multiple mediums to express ideas, change meaning through context, and further their understanding of visual culture.

Supplies and materials needed for this course:
Sketchbook – Camera/phone – Sketch pencil – Erasers – Computer – Coloring pencils – Internet – Printer – Paint – red, orange, yellow – Paintbrush – Water – Mixing plate – Acrylic paint – Paint clothes – Twigs and sticks – Glue sticks – Wire – Sculpting tools